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ward⋅robe

  [wawr-drohb] noun, verb, -robed, -rob⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
2. a piece of furniture for holding clothes, now usually a tall, upright case fitted with hooks, shelves, etc.
3. a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes.
4. the department of a royal or other great household charged with the care of wearing apparel.
5. wardrobe trunk.
6. a department in a motion-picture or television studio in charge of supplying and maintaining costumes: Report to wardrobe right after lunch.
–verb (used with object)
7. to provide with a wardrobe.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME warderobe < AF. See ward (v.), robe
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ward·robe   (wôr'drōb')   
n.  

  1. A tall cabinet, closet, or small room built to hold clothes.

  2. Garments considered as a group, especially all the articles of clothing that belong to one person.

    1. The costumes belonging to a theater or theatrical troupe.

    2. The place in which theatrical costumes are kept.

  4. The department in charge of wearing apparel, jewelry, and accessories in a royal or noble household.


[Middle English warderobe, from Old North French : warder, to guard; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots + robe, garment; see robe.]
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Word Origin & History

wardrobe 
1387, "room where wearing apparel is kept," earlier "a private chamber" (c.1300), from O.N.Fr. warderobe, variant of O.Fr. garderobe "place where garments are kept," from warder "to keep, guard" (see ward (v.)) + robe "garment" (see robe). Meaning "a person's stock of clothes for wearing" is recorded from c.1400. Sense of "movable closed cupboard for wearing apparel" is recorded from 1794. Meaning "room in which theatrical costumes are kept" is attested from 1711.
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wardrobe

in furniture, a large cupboard, usually equipped with drawers, a mirror, and other devices, used for storing clothes.

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